as in problems
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an unexpected and usually minor obstacle or difficulty
Glitches in the speaker's schedule caused some delays.
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Recent Examples of glitches
Beyond the wistful setlist, technical glitches clashed with Ye’s artistic vision.
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There are also some glitches and hallucinations, and the need for some human oversight remains.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Even rare glitches can escalate quickly when fleets operate at scale.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Visitors praised the scale of the mountain and the detail of the village, even after delays and minor glitches.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The complaint comes as radio/ backup camera glitches or not working and fault codes point to a bad ignition.
—Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Sexistential ’s production judders and glitches in ways that call to mind ’80s synth experimentalists such as Art of Noise and the rowdy sample collaging of the Beastie Boys in the ’90s.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
The glitches come as Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing unit, has dealt with outages after drone strikes damaged three of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Aside from the glitches, our Waymo ride went smoothly.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There are also some glitches and hallucinations, and the need for some human oversight remains.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Even rare glitches can escalate quickly when fleets operate at scale.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Visitors praised the scale of the mountain and the detail of the village, even after delays and minor glitches.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The complaint comes as radio/ backup camera glitches or not working and fault codes point to a bad ignition.
—Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Sexistential ’s production judders and glitches in ways that call to mind ’80s synth experimentalists such as Art of Noise and the rowdy sample collaging of the Beastie Boys in the ’90s.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
The glitches come as Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing unit, has dealt with outages after drone strikes damaged three of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Aside from the glitches, our Waymo ride went smoothly.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glitches
Noun
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Wilcox sued Tarrant County GOP chair Tim Davis when she was removed from the ballot in the House District 98 primary because of problems with her paperwork.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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While some funding exists to address problems, state documents show, there is not enough money to cover all the drinking water projects that need attention in Indiana.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fulton County officials have forcefully pushed back, arguing the issues cited reflect routine administrative errors rather than evidence of fraud.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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When weather issues later threatened insurance coverage during production, Hanks and Zemeckis covered that cost as well.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sacramento police are putting the liquidation of the office of violence prevention project funds on the table as a solution to the city's money troubles, even as the chief has credited the partnership program with lowering crime rates in the past four years.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser told The Beacon-News that conversations about CASA’s place in the courthouse had been some time in the making, as the county grappled with financial troubles and a lack of space in its buildings for county purposes.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Glitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitches. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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